EYFS Timings
Nursery
Morning session starts at 8.35am and ends at 11.35am
Afternoon Session starts at 12.15pm and ends at 3.30pm ( Monday to Thursday) and 12:15pm until 2:15pm on a Friday.
30 hour sessions end at 11:35am on Friday.
Please enter and collect from the main Nursery doors.
Reception
Children can enter the school from 8.35am. The school day begins at 8.45am.
Children should enter via their classroom door.
Children should be collected from school at 3.30pm on Monday to Thursday and 2.15pm on Friday.
Parents and carers should collect children from the Reception outdoor area.
Lunchtime
Children have a supervised lunch break 11.45am to 12.30pm
Hot lunches are provided by the school kitchen or children can bring a packed lunch.
We are a nut free school.
Wrap Around Care
Breakfast Club is 7.30am to 8.45am.
After School Club is 3.30pm to 5.30pm.
Children should be dropped off and collected from the hall doors. Places must be booked in advance through the school office.
This service is only available for Reception aged children or older.
Daily Routines
Nursery
Children start each session with a short group time, led by an adult. They play in continuous provision (indoors and outdoors) where adults join them in their play to extend their language, knowledge and skills based on their current level of development and need. Children access a planned snack and social time together, led by adults. Children end each session with another short group time, led by an adult. Children have continuous access to toilet and/or changing facilities with adult support available at all times. Children who stay for 30 hours, are supervised by a member of the Nursery team over lunch time.
Reception
Children begin the day with a soft start, accessing from a selection of fine motor activities or a guided name-writing/handwriting task with an adult. As much as possible, children are given the opportunity to play in continuous provision (indoors and outdoors) where adults join them in their play to extend their language, knowledge and skills based on their current level of development and need. Children access snack independently (supervised by adults) and have continuous access to toilet facilities. Throughout each day, children receive direct phonics and maths teaching as a group and will also receive targeted intervention, where necessary. They also take part in daily Drawing Club lessons to develop their mark making and writing skills, and a weekly PE lesson to develop their fundamental movement skills.
Uniform Information
Our uniform is an active uniform which means children do not need a separate PE kit. Please ensure your child wears this every day due to the active nature of Early Years education.
Uniform
Black trainers (Velcro fastenings unless your child can fasten their own laces)
Black jogging bottoms or leggings or a skort
White or bottle green polo shirt
Bottle green sweatshirt (with or without the school logo)
In the summer, optional black shorts
We have a selection of preloved coats and uniform which are free. Please ask at the school office.
Jewellery
Our policy is for children not to wear jewellery for school, at all. Please refer to the Policies section to read the document in full.
The EYFS Curriculum
At Prince Bishops, we offer a play-based curriculum in Nursery and Reception, following the Early Years Statutory Framework and the guidance from Development Matters. Click the links below for more information.
The Curriculum at Prince Bishops
How the Curriculum is Delivered at Prince Bishops
Carefully planned learning opportunities are delivered through play-based activities within the setting. Enhancements to continuous provision are linked to core texts which have been specifically chosen to engage learners and promote an early love of reading. Adults use the ShREC approach in play to develop children's language, knowledge and skills. Click the link below for more information.
Sharing Learning at Home
When your child joins the EYFS at Prince Bishops, you will be given a unique QR code to access an app called Seesaw. Here, you will find photographs and observations of your child's learning. You will also receive personalised links to activities for you to do at home with your child. There is also a facility to send/receive messages to/from your child's Key Person so that you may have ongoing communication regarding their development and progress. For more information about Seesaw, please click the link below.
Food and Drinks
Children are provided with daily snacks in the EYFS. These include (but are not limited to) fresh fruit, vegetables, cracker, breadsticks, plain biscuits. They are also provided with water and milk. Children are supervised at all times during snack.
In Nursery, children sit down together to enjoy their snack and engage in social time, led by adults.
In Reception, children are encouraged to develop their independence and are able to access their snack themselves at a table.
We ask for a voluntary contribution of 50p per week to help fund our snack provision.
The Teaching of Phonics
At Prince Bishops, we teach children to read using a systematic phonics scheme called Read, Write Inc.
In Nursery, we prepare children for reading by developing their speaking, listening and attention skills using a programme called BLAST! We also play lots of auditory discrimination games with children which encourages them to develop their ability to hear and say specific sounds. At the end of the final term in Nursery, before children move to Reception, they are introduced to sounds and their corresponding pictures from the Read, Write Inc Programme.
In Reception, children begin learning to hear, say and read these sounds as soon as they begin in September. Alongside this, they also learn to "Fred Talk" which means orally blending sounds to say complete words. This prepares them to be able to read words.
They will not bring a reading book home until they are able to do this. However, they will bring home a book from the class library which they can enjoy sharing with an adult each week.
For more information on the teaching of phonics, please click the links below.